Ben Attow (Possibly): North Sea
Craft
Site Name Ben Attow (Possibly): North Sea
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) Ethel Nutten (Possibly); May Island; Isle Of May; Unknown; Ben Attow (Possibly)
Canmore ID 96706
Site Number NO70SW 8002
NGR NO 74194 02406
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96706
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO70SW 8002 7419 0240
N56 12.8167 W2 24.9667
See also NT79NE 8005.
Formerly entered as NO70SW 8175.
Cross Ref: NT79NE 8180 BEN ATTOW
Quality of fix = HF
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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26 August 1977. A small wreck was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 49N, 002 24 58W. The least clear water depth was 52.7 metres in a general depth of 55 metres. A scour pit of 2 metres depth was observed. The vessel's length is about 30 metres (100 feet). The keel is orientated on a bearing of 010/190 degrees.
Report by HMS SHIPHAM 7 December 1976.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 27 February 1940). Ben Attow (possibly): length about right.
Length: 30m.
(Location cited as N56 12.82 W2 24.97).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The equation of this wreck with the reported loss of the Ben Attow (NT79NE 8005) that is suggested by Whittaker is tentatively accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 September 2010.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = HF
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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26 August 1977. A small wreck was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 49N, 002 24 58W. The least clear water depth was 52.7 metres in a general depth of 55 metres. A scour pit of 2 metres depth was observed. The vessel's length is about 30 metres (100 feet). The keel is orientated on a bearing of 010/190 degrees.
Report by HMS SHIPHAM 7 December 1976.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1998)
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 27 February 1940). Ben Attow (possibly): length about right.
Length: 30m.
(Location cited as N56 12.82 W2 24.97).
I G Whittaker 1998.
External Reference (March 2009)
(Location cited as N56 12 49 W2 24 58 [GPS N56 12.820 W2 24.970]: '5 miles E of May Island [Isle of May]'. This wreck 'might possibly be' that of the Ben Attow, or alternatively that of the Ethel Nutten (NT79NW 8006).
B Baird 2009.
External Reference (2009)
(General description of vessel and loss: various candidate locations are considered, but that at N56 09 35 W2 26 05 [GPS N56 9.583 W2 26.03]: '4 miles 120 degs [of] South Ness [name: NT 662 988], May Island [Isle of May]') is evidently preferred).
B Baird 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 55
Name : BEN ATTOW (POSSIBLY)
Latitude : 561249
Longitude : 22458
Length : 30
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Length about right
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002961
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.21361,-2.41611
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.21353,-2.41765
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : HI-FIX 6 Parabolic
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 25.0
Depth : 52.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 54
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 30.0
Scour Depth : 2.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1976
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H4818/75 26.8.77 SMALL WK LOCATED 13.8.76 IN 561249N, 022458W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 30MTRS. LYING 010/190 DEG. (HMS SHIPHAM, HI 42/76). BR STD.
Chart Symbol : WK 52.0
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
Named Location (Nlo) (13 March 2012)
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].
See also NT79NW 8002 and NT79NE 8005.
Formerly entered as NO70SW 8175.
Cross Ref: NT79NE 8180 BEN ATTOW
Note (13 March 2012)
(Location entered as NO 7419 0240 [N56 12.8167 W2 24.9667]). The equation of this wreck with the reported loss of the Ben Attow (NT79NE 8005) that is suggested by Whittaker is tentatively accepted.
UKHO chart no. 190 (1976, revised 1998) charts this wreck [Wk] at depth 52m in a general depth of 54m 4.9nm ENE of the Isle of May. No seabed type is charted nearby.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 March 2012.